Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Oregon)

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(Portland, Oregon)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Oregon)
Geography
Location3710 SW US Veteran Hospital Road, Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°29′49″N122°41′01″W / 45.49707°N 122.6836°W / 45.49707; -122.6836 Coordinates: 45°29′49″N122°41′01″W / 45.49707°N 122.6836°W / 45.49707; -122.6836
Organization
Care system Veterans
Type Acute care
Services
Beds227
Links
Website www.portland.va.gov
Lists Hospitals in Oregon

Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Portland VA) is a 160-bed, acute care medical facility [1] opened in 1929 by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs, located on Marquam Hill in Portland, adjacent to Oregon Health & Sciences University, and is connected to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital via a skybridge. The original hospital was replaced in the 1980s and had a capacity of up-to 478 beds.

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History

The University of Oregon Medical School's regents (now Oregon Health & Science University) donated land on Marquam Hill in 1926 to what is now the Department of Veterans Affairs. [2] The property was to be used to construct a veterans hospital, with construction starting in February 1928. [3] Offices opened at the new facility in November 1928, and patients were transferred to the new hospital in December 1928. [3] In 1932, an administration building opened, followed by 13 quonset huts from 1946 to 1948 following World War II. [2] The last addition to the old campus came in 1949 when a 155-bed tuberculosis hospital opened. [2] The Portland VA started working with the adjacent medical school in 1946 on joint programs. [4]

The Veterans Administration announced in May 1976 that a new hospital would be built in Portland. [5] A local group formed in 1980 to fight construction, and went to court in 1981 to try to stop the project. [5] A new building was finished in 1981 in order to move some operations away from the planned location of the new hospital building. [2] The suit was eventually dismissed in October 1981 by judge Robert C. Belloni, and in January 1982 the design of the new building was unveiled as construction started. [5] The new building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (now ZGF Architects LLP), with W.B. Bateson Co. serving as the general contractor. [6]

Construction ended in September 1987 on the main building, and it was dedicated in November 1987. [5] In February 1988, the new $136 million facility opened to patients on Marquam Hill after a 364-day delay in construction, [6] [7] and demolition of the old buildings started in May 1988. [5] When the new facility opened, it had a capacity of 478 beds, but never had staffing to operate at full capacity, and as of 1990 only used 399 beds. [8] The final phase of construction was a $11.7 million, 413-space parking garage built starting in 1990. [9]

In 1992, a 660-foot (200 m) long pedestrian bridge linking OHSU Hospital and the VA Hospital opened. [10] [11] The $7.4 million bridge is the longest of its type in North America. [10] Due to staffing problems the VA closed its emergency room at night in April 1994. [12]

Due to budget cuts, the facility announced 150 layoffs in June 1996. [13] At that time, the hospital's budget was $140 million, [13] which grew to $192 million in 2000. [4] In July 2006, the hospital opened a new $3.7 million, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) center for hearing disabilities. [14] The Portland VA served 33,000 patients in 2000, [4] 51,000 patients in 2004, [15] which grew to 80,000 in 2012. [1]

Details

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Front of the facility

Services at the 160-bed medical center's campus include primary care, radiology, speech and language pathology, social work, prosthetics, rehabilitation, emergency care, a pharmacy, and laboratory services, among others. [1] [16] The acute care medical center is accredited by The Joint Commission, [17] and has approximately 80,000 visitors annually. [1]

The 127.77-foot (38.94 m) main building has nine stories above ground plus a penthouse, and two underground floors. [18] [19] The steel and concrete high-rise building has a total of 684,985 square feet (63,637.2 m2) of space. [19] Overall, the campus has 1,532,254 square feet (142,351.1 m2) of space. [20] The 660-foot (200 m) long pedestrian bridge linking the medical center to OHSU Hospital was constructed with 2.4 million pounds (1,100 long tons; 1,200 short tons) of steel and is supported by two towers, each 150 feet (46 m) tall. [10] [11]

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